Strengthening early testing and surveillance of COVID-19 to enhance identification of asymptomatic patients

Affiliations

¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
² S.H. Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery.
³ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Electronic address: junjie_huang@link.cuhk.edu.hk.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics; Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Martin Cs Wong et al. J Infect. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;81(2):e112-e113.

doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.048. Epub 2020 May 27.

¹ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
² S.H. Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery.
³ JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 4/F, School of Public Health, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Electronic address: junjie_huang@link.cuhk.edu.hk.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics; Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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